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I&E Related Campus Events



Know Your Neighbor Interfaith Dinner - Religion & Politics

Date: Monday, November 16, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Get to know your fellow Lakers from across different religious, secular, and spiritual identities and traditions over a free dinner and intentional conversation. This is a space of deep listening, connection, and dialogue - a chance to learn from the e...

Conscious Uncovering 102

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Covering is described as the process of masking or concealing. Often used as a mechanism of protection, it can take many forms as individuals cover stigmatized and/or marginalized personal identities. This might be clothing to cover a gender identity,...

Sacred Site Visit - St Nicholas Orthodox Church (INT 100/201 approved)

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m.

Join the Kaufman Interfaith Institute and GVSUs Religious Studies Department as we visit different sacred sites around the greater Grand Rapids area over the course of the 2026-2027 academic year. Our November visit is to Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orth...

Women On the Wall

Date: Friday, November 20, 2026
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Learn about climbing and hang out in a fun and inviting space surrounded by women and anyone who identifies as female or non-binary. In addition to some rad climbing, we shoot to have a variety of snacks, music, etc. at each gathering! This recurring e...

Sacred Site Visit - Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Join the Kaufman Interfaith Institute and GVSUs Religious Studies Department as we visit different sacred sites around the greater Grand Rapids area over the course of the 2026-2027 academic year. Our December visit is to the Grand Rapids Buddhist Temp...

Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT)

Date: Thursday, January 21, 2027
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Through TRHT, participants build relationships, trust, and collective power. Those relationships lay the groundwork for powerful systemic change, supporting participants to re-envision and reshape their institution's policies and practices. Space in th...

Equity and Sustainability: What's the Connection?

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2027
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

This introductory workshop will explore the deep connections between equity and sustainability. Social equity is related to the distribution of resources - clean air, water, and more. Participants will discuss ways to center social equity within sustai...

Unnatural Causes (INT 100/201 approved)

Date: Thursday, January 28, 2027
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Unnatural Causes is a documentary series that explores the effects of social factors on health and health care in the United States. It focuses specifically on race, socioeconomic standing, geography, and gender in its examination of well-being and lon...

Unnatural Causes (INT 100/201 approved)

Date: Thursday, February 18, 2027
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Unnatural Causes is a documentary series that explores the effects of social factors on health and health care in the United States. It focuses specifically on race, socioeconomic standing, geography, and gender in its examination of well-being and lon...

Understanding and Interrupting Implicit Bias 201

Date: Friday, February 26, 2027
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

LUNCH this tier-two programming fits within the larger scope of ongoing social justice trainings. Learning Outcomes - Participants will be able to: Analyze implicit/unconscious bias and examine how it informs individual, organizational and systemic ac...

Unnatural Causes (INT 100/201 approved)

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2027
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Unnatural Causes is a documentary series that explores the effects of social factors on health and health care in the United States. It focuses specifically on race, socioeconomic standing, geography, and gender in its examination of well-being and lon...

Unnatural Causes (INT 100/201 approved)

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2027
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Unnatural Causes is a documentary series that explores the effects of social factors on health and health care in the United States. It focuses specifically on race, socioeconomic standing, geography, and gender in its examination of well-being and lon...

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